Shortbodying fish

[KCK]

I want to have an honest intellectual Senate about the ethics of shortbodying fish.

I would like to see responses from more talented breeders and more passionate fishkeepers.


Personally I think a shortbodied fish is a cruelty and I'm getting more and more offended by how willing breeders are to not only isolate a poor genetic defect, but to then line breed it resulting in a kaleidoscope of mutations along the way.



'go'

 

[Frank Castle]

I think they are ugly as sin....why anyone would WANT one intentionally is beyond my comprehension. I still don't understand how the internal organs don't become deformed and fail early in their life.

 

[convict360]

Like anything in life, if there's a niche for it; someone will fill it.

Not my cup of tea.

 

[Owens]

Sought after and generally expensive in the bichir world. I had a super short bodied endli before and he randomly died with no explanation.

Probably wouldn't go out of my way to get another.

 

[krichardson]

Like anything in life, if there's a niche for it; someone will fill it.

Not my cup of tea.

Yep....I don't understand the fascination with deformed fish.It's as if some people are not satisfied with normal looking fish.

 

[celebrist]

I want to have an honest intellectual Senate about the ethics .



'go'

I know Senate is a typo but that word should not be used in the same sentence with honest, intellectual, and ethics

 

[convict360]

I know Senate is a typo but that word should not be used in the same sentence with honest, intellectual, and ethics

 

[jhook]

I personally do not like them, but selective breeding and mutation is how everything advances. Granted, picking obviously nonviable traits does nothing for the fish, but it does advance the knowledge base in the hobby/community. Who knows, maybe some future scientist is playing around with the shortbodied fish and will come up with some never before seen procedure or genetic therapy idea from it.
Just my two cents anyway.